10 Intelligent questions for Oneida

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nice feature on the band and their new record at Dusted: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/835. Cool idea to have the artist respond directly to points in a review.

New album came out yesterday, correct? I really need to pick this up.

glad dusted is still going, haven't checked it out in a while.

disc 2 of new one has many jams

Thanks for reminding me to order the new one!

Today's Guardian review says "there are bits of it that just sound like someone screaming at a buzzing strip light. "

OK, I really have to hear this now. A lot of my favorite recordings could be described like that!

good record! long though...

http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/oneida-rated-o

(my review)

That's a well-written review, but I'm really thrown by the 6/10 rating. The review certainly reads much more positive than that rating indicates.

"Today's Guardian review says "there are bits of it that just sound like someone screaming at a buzzing strip light. " "

It sounds exactly like this and its beautiful.
Loving the new album, its a real beast.

Been making my love for Rated O known around the board, guess I will here, too.
10:30 at the Oasis soundtracked my walk to work this morning and sounded great.

"Brownout in Lagos" is INCREDIBLE.
Also our dog went nuts while we were listening to "The Human Factor".

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http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/835

oops. same thing dominique posted just up there. never mind!

"Brownout in Lagos" is INCREDIBLE.

yeah big time. and sounds like something really new for them which is a cool thing to be able to do when you've got so many records out.

Rated O might be favorite thing this year. Might. It's a sprawling monster, but after repeated listens things really start to form a clear shape. Um and you know...doobage and stuff.

That's a well-written review, but I'm really thrown by the 6/10 rating. The review certainly reads much more positive than that rating indicates.

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Clash's policy indicates that 6 is actually a pretty good rating. It didn't get higher cos from a personal viewpoint I don't think of it as a "listen to it every day" album.

Disc one is my jammmmmmmm

Mine too, this week anyway. Seriously each disc is awesome in its own right. Love these guys.

would love to see them live again, they rule pretty hard live

when i first saw them i couldn't listen to anything else for 2 weeks, that would have been around the second album

august 14 (utr) or 15 (ams), rizzx!

I dunno I think there are some cool sounds on this thing but I miss their songier songs and the whole thing is just too long and overwhelming. I don't hate it or think it's bad but I don't really want to listen to it.

ah cheers willem! and a weekend so double good, you think it will be sold out?

no idea

I'd give it a 7 (love "Brownout in Lagos," don't hear anything on the rest of the album that even comes close; you can let it play through but it's really long.) Favorite albums by them are still Steel Rod EP and Each One Teach One.

don't think so. i got the dates mixed up, amsterdam is on the 14th. i'll definately try to be there as i've got other plans for the 15th...

xpost to rizzx

I think that Secret Wars(one folowing EOTO) is somewhat slept on.
I very much prefer Oneida in full on Krautpunk mode to Oneida playing songs, but I've always been most appreciative of the live experience, too.

^^^^ This, on all accounts. I can see why n/a might not feel this as much as the more "song-y" stuff, but for me these guys have morphed right into the direction I like best.

xp Yeah, Secret Wars is a good one. My review of that's at the first link below, followed by a couple other things I've written about them before, fwiw:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-04-06/music/prolific-brooklynites-repeat-themselves-for-a-long-time-once-again/1

http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-07-04/music/the-many-ideas-of-oneida/

http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-09-12/music/lunch-goes-on/

They did a cover of "Radar Eyes" by the Godz the second time I saw them that took my head off completely. I wish Ian J0hnson could have seen that.

Great show tonight. Disappointed no Sheets of Easter or 1030 at the Oasis, but you can't have everything.

they were on top form in london last night, too...

and fantastic in Brighton. love the new record. once you give it a few spins you realise 3 discs isn't that overwhelming.

yeah i think the 3 discs work pretty damn great. it's less like a record and more like a rehearsal space jam, in a good way

I was all set to go tonight until I realised how much work I had to do :(

I thought I'd registered my approval of the new thing - especially the techno influenced jam on CD1 - on this thread but apparently not

i should probably mention when they play at ATP New York in a few weeks they're basically going to be performing for a whole day, improvising with members of other bands playing the event and recording it all in order to release the highlights. me = pretty hyped.

Goddamn I love these guys.

alright, "10:30 at the Oasis" is chillwave. Had to be said.

Rated O just gets better and better. The River is such an awesome song. Did anybody nom it for the 05-09 Tracks Poll?

I didn't nominate any of the songs for the Tracks poll because it was so. fucking. hard. to pick just a few. Just an astounding album all around.

Frankly I just don't listen to Oneida as much as I wish I did. They're such a good band, but I have to be in a certain mood and in the right company to really enjoy them. You can't just stick em on in the background while you do the washing up.

ve watched for years as their contemporaries become famous, or far lesser bands jock their sound.
might be true, but it might be at least in part the band's own fault? they don't seem too interested in pursuing a standard indie rock career, at least in terms of touring/promotion, etc. which is good in a lot of ways, but it also means that they're going to be a little less known. i think it'll all even out in the end.

Well, to be fair, I think that they used to tow the typical indie rock line. At this point, dudes are married with children, and it's pretty tough to be a family man living on the road. Hence these marathon Ocropolis sessions, I suppose. I mean, I've seen them ten times in my life but none of those shows were in the last five years. And I've only been to NYC twice.

I think that they are just too extreme/weird/sincere/awesome for mass acceptance.

yeah, probably. i mean, i think it's admirable -- with them, i pretty much know nothing except the records, which is kind of rare these days?

or just rare in general.

That sucks. You should really see them! Let's meet at ATP in sept.

is this ATP UK?

I got an email from Kid Millions today (no braggin) talking about taking his Man Forever project on the road.
I'll admit, I was a tad let down by the prospect of a local show with Kid that isn't Oneida. But he wants to tour the country (world?) and just hook up and jam with local drummers wherever he happens to be. I think that's really awesome. I mean, imagine you're an 18 year old kid in Iowa and you get to sit in with Kid and who knows how many other drummers and make a ridiculous amount of noise. That is pretty special, imo.

ha, yeah that'd be cool.
would love to go to atp one of these days, but i am guessing this year is not the year.

Having been alerted to this, to respond to Doran:

Just to qualify: I thought no drums was a great idea and was really looking forward to some kind of cosmic synth masterpiece but on first listen I found it really airless, monotone and unengaging. That said they're a band who often does stuff that grows on me.

I gotta disagree, this is hooking me from the get-go -- if Neu! could do both the drum overdrive and zone equally well, no reason why any other similarly inclined band can't. I came in with no expectations and find it to be this massive, dramatic howling thing that's all about restraint and sudden, turn-on-a-dime moments. Cryptic as all hell in the best way, and it functions for me on its own and in combination with the larger whole.

Can't wait to hear it.

yeah!

we we we so excited

I may be alone in this but my favourite Oneida album is The Wedding, which is obv not their drummiest moment, so I am still excited for the new one

June 17 – 19
Secret Project Robot
210 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY

Three days of catered food, folks, jams in F (probably) and most importantly: family. Specifically, PARENTS: Oneida will perform each release of the Thank Your Parents triptych in their entirety over the course of the three days, beginning in the evening Friday June 17th, and culminating with a debut performance of Absolute II Sunday morning, June 19th.

HOw great is that?!? Now just win a lottery and buy tickets for mom, dad & me (they should thank ME)

Also, I would go to any show that's announced as Secret Project Robot.

With a rodizio of emotion, Oneida most thrillifyingly invites you to attend a special three day release event, in celebration of the third and final LP release of the Thank Your Parents triptych, Absolute II:

All events take place:
June 17 – 19
Secret Project Robot
210 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY

Three days of catered food, folks, jams in F (probably) and most importantly: family. Specifically, PARENTS: Oneida will perform each release of the Thank Your Parents triptych in their entirety over the course of the three days, beginning in the evening Friday June 17th, and culminating with a debut performance of Absolute II Sunday morning, June 19th.

Additionally, Oneida will perform and improvise, with special guests, throughout the three day period beginning Friday evening and ending Sunday, in an immersive, interactive audio-visual environment to be installed in collaboration with Secret Project Robot.

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY JUNE 17:

*Oneida performs Preteen Weaponry and Rated O in their entirety! *Midnight munchies by Kyle Hepp & Krewe!
9pm / $10

SATURDAY JUNE 18

*BBQ by Kyle Hepp & Krewe (weather permitting) *Pot Luck! Bring home cookin’ and eat for free! *Oneida presents the OCROPOLIS: ~10 hours of improvising against SPR Visuals in O-Surround, with special guests peppering that double throughout the day! *Oneida & Friends DJ Set — a dance party follows into the wee hours…
2pm / $10 / $food tbd

SUNDAY JUNE 19

*Oneida performs ABSOLUTE II at dawn! *Pancake breakfast to follow, FOR THE HEADS!
~4:45am / FREE

Bring the kids!

x, O

*Oneida performs ABSOLUTE II at dawn! *Pancake breakfast to follow, FOR THE HEADS!
lol

i think i am giving a farfisa i found in the trash to a guy from this band today?

!

Haha

lol, sounds about right.
nyc taper has a bunch of the recent live sets up for d/l: http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=6477

I am more kind of amazed that you found a "farfisa in the trash" to be honest

i only have one of their records, never been much of a fan but maybe someone can confirm my stalking:

r0b3rts0n th@ch3r = bobby matador = oneida / nurse & soldier and he lives in boston not nyc?

yeah shakey i lugged it about three blocks home which was really annoying because i had a shoulder bag with a laptop and the door that covered the folding legs kept swinging open. i can't let something like that get tossed!

here is my cl post: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/msg/2476835194.html

I confirm all that, CAD. He also used to be on ILX but I'm forgetting his handle at the moment.

r0b3rts0n th@ch3r = bobby matador = oneida / nurse & soldier and he lives in boston not nyc?

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Yes, I can confirm this. I can do so because I used to work with his wife Erica who is the other half of nurse and soldier!

hahahah holy shit this just gets better

Weird small world

Oh lol I just the post you revived this with CAD. That is funny. I've never met Rob so he won't know who I am but if you happen to meet Erica she definitely would - we're still facebook friends and stuff. She's great. When I left the place where she works she told me I was definitely the "coolest intern" they'd ever had and gave me a N&S CD as a going away present. Their kids are adorable too. :)

Well, if you tell Bobby that Trip Maker says hi, he'll probably react.

a mini-compact!! wtf you can fix those up for a couple hundred bucks

yeah i am giving up on my dream of starting an american analog set ripoff band but am glad that of the 4 cl responses i got i seem to have picked the right guy to give it to.

anyway i have no idea how to approach this in person beyond "dude i successfully stalked you" so i'll prob just wish him the best!

I would go and watch your AAS ripoff band. Then I would love to be able to go and see AAS as well.

I got to see AmAnSet in a living room in Lawrence KS and it fucking ruled.

I saw them a few times in London. Each time people were talking through their sets. One time, there was a guy braying about his overdraft facility for about ten minutes straight through the first two songs. I pinned him to a wall and threatened to knock his teeth out if he didn't shut up. One of the most shameful incidents of my 30s.

(He shut up but the ephemeral bubble of gig enjoyment had been decisively burst by that point.)

And I remember his DN now, it was Hurlothrombo.
Not a stalker, just an Oneida superfan.
I guess that's a fine line...

he just came by--super nice dude! he sort of shyly gave me a copy of the last oneida record as a thank-you (lol i did not let on that i had figured all this out) and was geeking out over the keyb.

awww - cute

Confirmed: super-nice dude. Also, he plays the hell out of a keyboard, so I imagine it is a constant struggle to keep enough farfisas in playable shape around.

Not a stalker, just an Oneida superfan.
I guess that's a fine line...

OTM

Living in Brooklyn and seeing these guys as much as possible, buying every record, etc. definitely makes me feel like I am more familiar with the dudes on a personal level than most bands.

i saw man forever last night, really cool. the piece requires crazy focus and endurance and they nail it.

(also ending up having dinner w/k1d because a friend of mine was the other drummer, super nice dude. i should probably check out an oneida record one of these days.)

Oneida is fucking fantastic, quite honestly one of my favorite bands going right now, I still need to pick up the Man Forever thing.

the piece requires crazy focus and endurance and they nail it.
Makes the fact that Kid is using a pick up group in each city even more impressive, imo.
I haven't listened to the new one yet. I wish I could see it performed. Man Forever strikes me as a live thing.

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We should be talking about these guys now!

second side of a list of the burning mountains is not half bad

good interview up here: http://www.thetrapset.net/